Canterbury and Westland. 195 



WESTEBN SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN ALPS. Sq.m. 



Eaast ... ... ... ... ... ,.. 540 



Taramakau, of which 26 in Nelson and 417 in Canterbury ... ... 443 



Hokitika ... ... ... ... ... ... 410 



Arawata ... ... ... ... ••• ... 281 



Paringa ... ... ... ... ... ... 227 



Wanganui ... ... ... ... ... ... 192 



Whataroa ... ... ... ... ... :.. 186 



Grey and Arnold ... ... ... ... ... 184 



Waiau ... ... ... ... ... ... 176 



Weheka ... ... ... ... ... ... 175 



Okura ... ... ... ... ... ... 164 



Waitaha ... ... ... ... ... ..; 155 



Karangarua ... ... ... ... ... ... 136 



Waiatoto ... ... ... ... ... ... 135 



Arahura ... ... ... ... ••• ... 133 



Okarito ... ... ... ... ... ... 128 



Mikonui ... ... ,., ... ... ... 124 



Mahitahi ... ... ... ... ... ... 124 



Poerua ... ... ... ... «•• ... 103 



Waikukupa ... ... ... ... ... ... 98 



Pauapeka ... ... ... ... ... ... 98 



Stafford, Cascade, Hope, &c. ... ... ... ... 428 



The river which is the most important and has the longest course, 

 is the Waitaki, its length from the Tasman glacier, including Lake 

 Pukaki, being 117 miles. Some of the West Coast rivers, although, 

 only 12 or 14 miles long, are nevertheless of considerable size, and 

 notwithstanding they are flowing over a broad shingle-bed, they can 

 only be crossed on foot after a continuation of fine weather. As 

 pointed out in the first part, glaciers of considerable size are here 

 situated near the termination of the outrunning spurs on the West 

 Coast plains, and at altitudes of about 700 feet above the sea level, 

 where pines and arborescent ferns are still growing most luxuriantly 

 in the valleys and at the foot of the ranges. I think, therefore, that 

 some observations on the occurrence of glaciers in such a low position, 

 and on the causes to which we must attribute such a remarkable 

 phenomenon, may not be deemed superfluous. I may therefore be 

 allowed to insert here a portion of a lecture delivered in Christchurch 

 shortly after my return from the "West Coast in 1865, treating on the 

 subject,* and add a few more observations in further illustration. 



Lecture " On the West Coast," delivered to the members of the Mechanics' Institute, on the 

 evening of Monday, September 25, 1865. By Dr. Julius Haasx. Fol. Christchurch, Ward and 

 Reeves. 1865. 



